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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle B - SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPChapter 162 - ADOPTION
Subchapter A - ADOPTION OF A CHILD
Section 162.012 - Direct or Collateral Attack

Tex. Fam. Code § 162.012

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 162.012 - Direct or Collateral Attack
(a) Notwithstanding Rule 329, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the validity of an adoption order is not subject to attack after six months after the date the order was signed.
(b) The validity of a final adoption order is not subject to attack because a health, social, educational, and genetic history was not filed.

Tex. Fam. Code § 162.012

Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 600, Sec. 2, eff. 1/1/1998.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 601, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.